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From string-and-canvas deathtraps to sleek metal machines – relive the dawn of British aviation
'Gripping, exuberant, racy and deeply researched, here is the amazing tale of the flying machines.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History
In the first few decades of the twentieth century British aviators went from gliding a handful of yards to crossing the Atlantic. Journeying from perilous ‘cotton-and-hope’ prototypes to the Spitfire, Flying Pianos surveys the transformation of flight from genteel gentleman’s hobby to terrifying military force.
Charles Spicer meets the cast of colourful characters who helped Britain take flight. There’s Hugh ‘Boom’ Trenchard, eccentric ‘father’ of the RAF; the glamorous Harriet Quimby – journalist, screenwriter and record-breaking pilot; and Grahame Christie, passionate aviator, spy and uneasy acquaintance of Hermann Göring. Charting the soaring highs and catastrophic lows of this technological revolution, Flying Pianos tells the remarkable tale of how Britain took to the skies.
‘Vivid, meticulous yet expansive.’ - Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo
'Check in, get aboard, fasten your seatbelt, and prepare for a marvellous flight and a terrific read.' - David Cannadine, author ofVictorious Century
'Fun, anecdote-rich and full of compelling characters.' - S.C. Gwynne, author ofEmpire of the Summer Moon
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Oneworld Publications
Bloomsbury Street 10
WC1B 3SR London
info@oneworld-publications.com
44(0)2073078900
'Gripping, exuberant, racy and deeply researched, here is the amazing tale of the flying machines.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History
In the first few decades of the twentieth century British aviators went from gliding a handful of yards to crossing the Atlantic. Journeying from perilous ‘cotton-and-hope’ prototypes to the Spitfire, Flying Pianos surveys the transformation of flight from genteel gentleman’s hobby to terrifying military force.
Charles Spicer meets the cast of colourful characters who helped Britain take flight. There’s Hugh ‘Boom’ Trenchard, eccentric ‘father’ of the RAF; the glamorous Harriet Quimby – journalist, screenwriter and record-breaking pilot; and Grahame Christie, passionate aviator, spy and uneasy acquaintance of Hermann Göring. Charting the soaring highs and catastrophic lows of this technological revolution, Flying Pianos tells the remarkable tale of how Britain took to the skies.
‘Vivid, meticulous yet expansive.’ - Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo
'Check in, get aboard, fasten your seatbelt, and prepare for a marvellous flight and a terrific read.' - David Cannadine, author ofVictorious Century
'Fun, anecdote-rich and full of compelling characters.' - S.C. Gwynne, author ofEmpire of the Summer Moon
Producent/osoba odpowiedzialna za bezpieczeństwo produktu
Oneworld Publications
Bloomsbury Street 10
WC1B 3SR London
info@oneworld-publications.com
44(0)2073078900
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Data wydania: 01.10.2026
Liczba stron: 400
Wymiary: 15.3x23.4
Typ okładki:twarda okładka
Wydawca: Oneworld Publications
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Tytuł:Flying Pianos: The Eccentric Birth of British Aviation
EAN: 9781836432654
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